The anxiolytic effect of allopregnanolone is associated with gonadal hormonal status in female rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 417, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 111-116

  Laconi, Myriam R ^a   Casteller, Guillermo ^a   Gargiulo, Pascual A ^a   Bregonzio, Claudia ^a   Cabrera, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Estrous cycle; GABAA receptor; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; ESTROGEN; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HORMONES; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035815279     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)00865-2     Document Type: Article

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